Person: Nóirín Russell

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>CervicalCheck clinical director Nóirín Russell said the hope is to have the personal cervical review process 'up and running in the first quarter of this year'. <br/> </p>

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Review option for cervical cancer patients welcomed as 'very important change'

Women will be entitled to request a review under a new process due to be in place by the end of March

Alison O’Connor: Life-saving health screening for women comes with imperfections

<p>While CervicalCheck has a 'workaround' to rapidly process smear tests of high-risk patients, its clinical director warns that many women may experience delays in getting results due to the ransomware attack.</p>

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Cervical test results delayed for thousands of women due to HSE cyberattack

Alison O'Connor: Mistrust and anger puts future of life-saving screening tests in doubt

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More than 300,000 cancer screenings delayed due to Covid crisis

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Simon Harris: CervicalCheck staff ‘subjected to abuse’

'I understand the anger': Consultant says CervicalCheck staff being subjected to 'damaging' abuse

A consultant has warned that frontline staff with the CervicalCheck service are bearing the brunt of public anger and are being subjected to abuse and abusive language.

Thu, 05 Dec, 2019

'Mass distrust': Cervical Check losing staff due to stress

All 15 of the doctors who oversee the running of CervicalCheck’s colposcopy services for women requiring further investigation following a smear test are considering resigning.

Thu, 05 Dec, 2019

Nóirín Russell: Smearing doctors is harmful to patients

Nóirín Russell says impossible expectations are forcing doctors to consider quitting the service

Thu, 05 Dec, 2019

Unborn babies miss out on therapy due to lack of scans

Unborn babies with conditions treatable in the womb are missing out on fetal therapies because of lack of access to a second trimester fetal anomaly scan at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH).

Mon, 06 Mar, 2017